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Originally Posted by smooth
Maybe this is one of the roots of your "problem." You aren't the customer. And you are not paying for your education.
If you go to a public university, the state's taxpayers are educating you.
If you go to a private university, endowments are educating you.
Regardless of either, the federal taxpayers are subsidizing huge chunks of your education.
You pay pennies on the dollar for the overhead of your education.
Your professor's job is to train you and produce a viable employee for the job market.
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Interesting perspective, but I can assure you when my $300 a month tuition payments start rolling in after I graduate, I will be paying for it. I am the customer in this situation whether anyone likes it or not. Sure, taxpayers are paying for improvements to the university and all that good stuff, but there are over 12,000 students (not a lot compared to some, but a sizeable chunk) paying anywhere from $4000-8000 a year to come here (depending on housing choice and meal plan) and that is most definitely paying for
something . If I give them money, and they give me education, I AM paying for it and I AM a customer. I get an education and they get my money.